COMMERCE. The Wool Trade. JANUARY 16
Cable news respecting the opening of the Antwerp sales, which were fixed to commence yesterday, is hourly expected and anxiously awaited by those engaged in the trade, their…
Continued on Trove, page 119 →Farming & the land, 1889
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How I Sent Sheep to the Hills. No. II
It is possible some readers of the Mail may know all about sheep-droving, and will consider dry details unnecessary and wearisome. They will also probably forget I do not write for them. Their…
Continued on Trove, page 111 →Farmer. Care of Convalescent Animals. Midy Morgan
So much has been written and said on the care of domestic animals during sickness, and the varied ills to which they are subject have been so ably and frequently discussed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amateur Farming. a Few Particulars About the Ever Faithful and Friendly Dog
IT is curious how great men differ about little things. Sir Walter Scott liked dogs. I don't. A dog is supposed to be necessary on an amateur…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flower farming for Perfumes. II
The two processes by which the perfumes are obtained are known as enfleurage and distillation. The former word, adopted from the French, by whom probably the method it indicates was first…
Continued on Trove, page 111 →Farm and General Produce
At the Darling Harbor hay sales during the week, the supplies of forage were very small. Buyers, were in good attendance, purchasing freely at satisfactory values. In consequence or the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Notes for Farmers
FRUIT TREES.—It cannot be too oftenimentioned that potash is a great requisite in growing grapes and stone fruits. It is also much wanted by apples, pears, and oranges. No one can go wrong in this colony by…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Temora Farmers' Union
TEMORA, Saturday.—A very largely attended meeting of farmers was held at Talbot's Courthouse Hotel this afternoon, for the purpose of adopting the rules and electing officers for the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Agricultural and Pastoral
Our Grafton correspondent wired on Saturday:--" At the land court sittings yesterday two applications for non-residential conditional purchases were confirmed, and several other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Sales
LONDON, January 18.—The Antwerp wool sales closed very firm. Two thousand bales of Australian, and 400 bales of River Plate wool were sold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The London Wool Market
Messrs C. Balme and Co. in their circular of December 13, reports:--A rather increasing scale of consumption and a generally reduced stock of raw material in second hands have for some time past forced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Dubbo
The weather is cool at night. All signs of rain have gone. The following are the stock items:—Brown and Munckton report a slight improvement in the demand owing to the late storms, but sales are effected at very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Jan. 18
The Antwerp wool sales closed very firm. Five thousand bales of Australian and 5400 bales of River Plate wool were sold…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Model Dairy Farms
MELBOURNE, Friday.—It is anticipated that the first of the dairy farms, proposed to be started in, various parts of the colony, will be established in Koroit district. These farms are intended for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Awards at the Melbourne Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
Yesterday the jury appointed to judge the exhibits in the special wool show at the Exhibition sent in their report to the chairman of the jurors. Their report on the fleeces is not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Maize Crop
NOWRA, This Day.—The maize crops promise to be the best secured for years past…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Sales
Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:--For our weekly sale yesterday we submitted a catalogue of 2184 bales. In greasy fleece wool the selection comprised wools…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report at their sale yesterday they submitted a catalogue of 920, the offerings consisting for the most part of twice-offered parcels of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Gilgandra
A thunderstorm passed wost of Gilgandra last night. A mob of sheep, Gilc[?]rist, Watt, and Co. owners, passed up the Castlereagh on Saturday evening. GUNNEDAH, MONDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Grafton
The operations of the Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association for the past half-year have been most satisfactory. The gross earnings for the half-year ending December 31 amounted to £1690, and after…
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